Tuffty
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Post by Tuffty on Oct 28, 2024 16:05:24 GMT
The new album fucking rips too, haven't stopped listening. Tons of energy and great production.
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Post by stixxuk on Nov 1, 2024 8:20:35 GMT
Dunno why but that Better Lovers album isn't clicking for me, and I loved Greg-era Dillinger (especially Miss Machine) and pretty much everything ETID did. Guess I've changed (read: gotten older)...
This Acid Bath reunion is a bit of a weird one. I'd never heard of them until a couple of years ago then started seeing quite a few T-shirts in the last couple of years, and suddenly everyone's going crazy for them. Is this a bandwagon-jump or are they really that great?
Still loving the new Blood Incantation, think it's my album of the year by a fair margin.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Nov 1, 2024 8:49:26 GMT
Blood Incantation is probably my album of the year. Need to do a list soon but there's a lot of contenders for top 10.
Schammasch are a late addition, never listened to them before but this is scratching an itch.
A word cloud of my thoughts would include: Blackened, doomy, atmospheric, melodic, bit goth, epic, emotional. Some bits remind me of Bossk.
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Post by Duffking on Nov 1, 2024 9:49:14 GMT
IOTUNN was my pick of last week's records. Though Sentient Horror were as reliable as ever, Gigan/Black Curse/Gaerea also good. Still need to listen to Living Gate and The Spirit.
Not sure there's so much for this week, I'll probably listen to the new VOLA but the singles have been eh.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Nov 2, 2024 13:27:24 GMT
This is pretty rad too, blackened thrash
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Nov 3, 2024 9:40:15 GMT
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Post by Duffking on Nov 4, 2024 9:54:53 GMT
This is pretty rad too, blackened thrash
Listened to this one on my holiday a few weeks back, it's great. Like a female fronted skeletonwitch at times. |
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Tuffty
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 9, 2024 22:45:44 GMT
Counterparts with a surprise EP release that's more heavier than their usual fare of melodic hardcore.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Nov 10, 2024 6:12:37 GMT
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Post by drhickman1983 on Nov 15, 2024 9:19:23 GMT
Already posted about these guys but this album is really, really striking a chord with me. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious knob, it sounds like how I feel at the moment. Don't even know what the lyrics are on about, but the emotions just resonate. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Nov 15, 2024 20:48:35 GMT
New Poppy album is enjoyable but a bit generic. I mean it has some good hooks and riffs, and Poppy's voice sounds great - both her poppy cleans and quite visceral harshes, but it's kind of lost a lot of the uniqueness, and just sounds like well crafted but ultimately a bit generic metalcore / nu-metal. The influences are very apparent - this bits like Slipknot, this bits like Knocked Loose. A lot of it could easily just be latter day Bring Me The Horizon stuff, which makes sense given that it was produced by their former keyboardist and producer. So it often just sounds like Poppy doing her take on those bands rather than doing anything particularly new.
it's still fun and enjoyable glossy, just wish it had a few more curveballs.
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Post by groo on Nov 16, 2024 0:22:14 GMT
Oh it's weird having subtitles on for growling, i had them left on from another video. I've always preferred to not really know what the lyrics are, the voice is just an instrument to accompany the music. I tend to listen through them and only really take in chorus like repetative phrases or vocalists that are a bit clearer.
Poppy is an interesting character, from her early surreal vids to the genres in her catalogue.
This week i joined Wintersun Time I 2.0 and Time II into a single album and have listened to the suite in one go a few times. It's a great piece of work, worth the wait at the end of the day. I honestly expected for it to end up like the music version of Star Citizen but it actually got released, and with a metric fuckton of other albums, versions and tunes in the package.
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Nov 16, 2024 8:52:01 GMT
Already posted about these guys but this album is really, really striking a chord with me. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious knob, it sounds like how I feel at the moment. Don't even know what the lyrics are on about, but the emotions just resonate.
Just in case you are interested. They often have the lyrics attached to the tracklist.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Nov 17, 2024 18:16:53 GMT
Probably been mentioned already, but team up between Mastodon and Lamb Of God:
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Tuffty
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 22, 2024 13:06:52 GMT
Opeths new album is pretty good! Definitely closer to Watershed than their most recent albums. More growls that's for sure, kinda solidifies that he's the best growls of anyone
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Post by Duffking on Nov 22, 2024 13:44:09 GMT
Yeah it's pretty good (and I don't really like Watershed). It's not up to their peak era of like, Still Life through Ghost Reveries but it slots nicely in behind.
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Post by JonFE on Nov 22, 2024 14:49:36 GMT
Re Opeth's new album: Surely, must give it a lot of listening sessions, but first impression (coming to work) suggests an album that must be listened to (and judged) in whole, as each song flow into the next. Like it so far though.
Edit: Seen them live last summer and Mikael sounded very confident and strong in his growling  |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Nov 22, 2024 17:36:06 GMT
I'm really digging the new Opeth. It's their best for a very long time. I haven't disliked their sans-death growl stuff at all though - I genuinely like Heritage and Sorceress.
This feels like a good combination their "classic" sound and the proggy stuff they've experimented with since then
I'll need to re-evaluate my top 10 of the year, as this is definitely going to be quite high in there.
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Post by drakeypoos on Nov 22, 2024 17:43:22 GMT
Probably been mentioned already, but team up between Mastodon and Lamb Of God:
There’s a similar team up song for Machine Head’s tour with Lacuna Coil and I think Unearth.* This must be a new thing. Spotted on the MH sub that they are set to release an album early next year. Will wait with interest - they were always my favourite mainstreamy metal band in the day but their quality is such a yo yo. Didn’t know Opeth was out yet, will listen over the weekend. *It’s utter wank. Also has In Flames on somewhere which I forgot about. |
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 22, 2024 20:22:54 GMT
Re Opeth's new album: Surely, must give it a lot of listening sessions, but first impression (coming to work) suggests an album that must be listened to (and judged) in whole, as each song flow into the next. Like it so far though.
Edit: Seen them live last summer and Mikael sounded very confident and strong in his growling That's it yeh, each song is titlte after a section of the last will and testament to a patriarch figure. It's a concept album and I think more so than their other ones it's very dependent on listening to as a whole. |
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Post by groo on Nov 22, 2024 20:39:14 GMT
Listening to Evergrey's The Atlantic this afternoon. One of those albums that although isnt an instant earworm and something you loop when you first get it just grows on you and 5 years on its a firm favourite.
Nice when you want a bit of melody and singing to counter all the growling death or melodeath in the rest of my playlist.
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Post by JonFE on Nov 22, 2024 23:03:58 GMT
I enjoy listening to Evergrey and will probably catch them live early December. They have evolved their sound from "Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy" and maintain a high quality level throughout their discography.
As for Opeth, I consider myself a "newer" fan, discovering their genius musicianship with the "Blackwater Park" album. I'm inclined to enjoy their quieter, melodic moments more (I'd listen to "Damnation" on repeat on a deserted island anytime), but Mikael growls never bothered me at all - I usually avoid them.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Nov 23, 2024 4:03:17 GMT
Some Heaven Below:
Their Peter Schilling cover:
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